Guides to popping pearls.
Plain answers to the questions people ask about popping pearls: what they are, what is inside, how they differ from tapioca and sabudana, and how to use them. Written by the six of us who make Pova Pearls in Gurgaon.
What are popping pearls?
The skin, the juice, how the skin forms without cooking, and how to eat them.
Popping pearls vs tapioca pearls (and sabudana)
One table, then each in turn: what they are made of, how they eat, and which drink suits which.
How to use popping pearls
Cold, last, never cooked: what to tip them into, which flavour goes with what, and what not to do.
The popping pearl glossary
Short definitions, from spherification and sabudana to falooda, sabja and gudhal.
Looking for the ingredient list? It is on What’s inside. Orders, delivery and refunds are in the FAQs.